A new report is giving insight into the deadly avalanche that claimed the lives of nine people in the Sierra Nevada on Feb.

Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others who had been buried, then frantically try to dig them out.

Newly released details and images from the Sierra Avalanche Center are shedding light on the frantic, days-long rescue effort following last week’s deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe that left nine ...

Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others ...